Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...

In order for your body to work properly, your nervous system needs to be working properly. Your nervous system is responsible for helping your brain communicate with your body and helping your body ...

Your sympathetic nervous system is one of the branches of your autonomic nervous system. It controls functions under unconscious control related to “fight or flight.” Your nervous system plays a ...

Gratitude isn’t just a nice mental exercise. Amelia Chapman of Mind Body Amore says it can build neural pathways in your brain. Chapman is an expert on the nervous system. She says it exists to ...

Glial cells are an integral part of the human nervous system. They help support and nourish nerve cells, or neurons. Several types of glial cells exist. Glial cells are the “glue” of the nervous ...

When a person is at rest, meditating or reading a book, the parasympathetic nervous system is at work. Also known as the "rest and digest" system, the parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Blue Tree Counseling & Consultation is a practice of Quad Cities’ mental health therapists committed to fostering an environment of honesty and genuine connection where the ...

Neurological diseases are conditions that affect your nervous system. Your nervous system includes your brain and spinal cord as well as all the nerves that branch out to the rest of your body. There ...

Damages to the central nervous system (CNS), for example in the case of spinal cord injury, can result in permanent loss of sensory and motor function. It is because the severed axons are unable to ...

You hold it during long meetings, car trips, or when you’re too comfortable in bed to get up. What seems like a harmless inconvenience is actually training your nervous system in ways that can have ...